{"id":3969,"date":"2025-10-16T22:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/?p=3969"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:48:06","slug":"harvard-astronomical-expedition-1869","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/harvard-astronomical-expedition-1869\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Astronomical expedition (1869)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gallery-photo lightbox\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0003.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-o3OgEi79\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0003-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0003-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0003-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0003-600x403.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harvard Astronomical expedition (1869)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Harvard Astronomical expedition came to Shelby College to observe the solar eclipse of August 7, 1869. Identified individuals include: 1. Dr. Otho Miller. 2. Capt. W. C. Winlock. 3. Miss Eliza Winlock. 4. Mrs. Belle Winlock (of Cambridge, Massachusetts), 5. Dr. R. F. Logan, 6. Miss Anna Powell. 7. Capt. Marion Taylor (who served with the Union during the Civil War), 8. Frank Adams, St. Louis, MO., 9. John Tate. 10. Honorable James S. Morris, 11. R. C. Tevis. 12. Prof. Joseph Winlock Cambridge), 13. Ed. D. Shinnick. 14. George A. Armstrong 15. Prof. Ray Pierce (Cambridge), 16. Samuel Wayne. and 17. The servant and cook in the family of Judge Fielding Winlock of Shelbyville. The four children seated on the ground between No. 3 and No. 7 and the rear of No. 9 are the children of Prof. Joseph Winlock of Cambridge. 18. Daniel Baker. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Est. August 7, 1869<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/people\/\" rel=\"tag\">People<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Given to Jim Cleveland from Mrs. J.C. Dugan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portrait of the Past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Cleveland Photo Collection ID 0151<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See also<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/1869-solar-eclipse\/\">1869 Solar Eclipse&#8217;s County History Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/professor-joseph-winlock\/\">Professor Joseph Winlock&#8217;s County History Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1869 Harvard Astronomical expedition group photo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":3447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[93],"post_folder":[77],"class_list":["post-3969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7973,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969\/revisions\/7973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3969"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}